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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2461 AN ORDINANCE making appropriations not provided for in the 1961 Budget and declaring an emergency. THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated to the item Election Supplies and Expenses, Maintenance and O~eration, City Clerk General, 1961 Budget, from funds not otherwise appropriated, the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00)'Dollars to pay for special elections held relative to the annexation of certain areas of the City of Bremerton and to pay for the taking of a census in areas annexed to the City of Bremerton, as provided by law. Section 2. That there is hereby appropriated the sum of Three Thousand Three Hundred Fifty ($3,350.00) Dollars to Local Improvement District No. 275 from funds not otherwise appropriated for the reason that the Superior Court of Kitsap County has held the assessment liens upon certain properties within said Local Improve- ment District to be invalid and that it is the City's obligation to pay these assessments. Section 3. That there is hereby appropriated the sum of Fifty ($50.00)WDollars from funds not otherwise appropriated for the pur- pose of paying a membership on behalf of the City of Bremerton with the Municipal Fire Defense Institute of the Americal Municipal Associ- ation. This membership is necessary to the City of Bremerton so that it may participate in the study of fire insurance rates, premiums and the modernization of building codes. 9ection 4. That at the time of .the adoption of the 1961 Budget it could not have been reasonably foreseen that many annexations would take place and that the City of Bremerton would be legally liable for the costs of the election~ and of the taking of a census, which liability was imposed upon the City by the 1961 Legislature and that the Superior Court of Kitsap County would invalidate certain assessment liens within Local Improvement District No. 275, and that the American M~nicipal Association would create the Municipal Fire Defense Institute prior to 1961, and that an emergency exists and is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of thepublic peace, health, safety and welfare and this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage and publication. APPROVED on first reading this 31st day of August, 1961. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 7th day of ~ptember, 1961. H. O. DOMSTAD, Mayor ATTEST = · E. H. 'T. McGrAW, City Clerk STATE OF WASHINGTON ) ) ss. County of Kitsap ) H. O. DOMSTAD, FRED SCHONEMAN, and E. H. T. McGO~AN, each being duly sworn upon~his oath, deposes and says respectively: That he is the duly elected, qualified and acting Commissioner of Public Health and Safety; that he is the duly elected, qualified and acting Commissioner of Public Works and Utilities; and that he is the duly elected, qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Bremerton; that at the time of the adoption of the 1961 Budget the Municipal Fire Defense Institute of the American Municipal Association had not been established; that membership in this institute is beneficial for the City of Bremerton in that the studies proposed by said institute will help the city reduce the cost of operating the Fire Department, fire insurance premiums, and shall better the Building Code for the City of Bremerton; that at the time of the adoption of the 1961 Budget it could not have been reasonably foreseen that the Superior Court of Kitsap County would hold certain assessments in L.I.D. 275 invalid and by such decision making it an obligation of the city to pay for these invalid assessments; that at the time of the adoption of the 1961 Budget it could not have been reasonably foreseen that several areas would annex to the City of Bremerton by an election, the costs of which are a legal obligation of the city, and that the 1961 Legislature would by law require the city to take a census in all areas annexed at the city's costs; that an appropriation for the costs of these elections and the census are a legal obligation of the city. SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me thia 31st day of August, 1961. N~ta~ylPublic in and f~r the State of Washl~ton, residing at Bremerton.